Quadro & GeForce Mac OS X Driver Release 270.00.00

Version:

270.00.00f06

Release Date:

2012.05.10

Operating System:

Mac OSX Lion 10.7.4

Language:

English (U.S.)

File Size:

31.0
MB

Release Highlights

Supported products

Additional information

CUDA Application Support:
In order to run Mac OS X Applications that leverage the CUDA architecture of certain NVIDIA graphics cards, users will need to download and install the CUDA 4.x driver for Mac located here.

New in Release 270.00.00f06:

Contains performance improvements and bug fixes for a wide range of applications.

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Supported Language

Chinese(simplified)

Chinese (traditional)

English

French

German

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Russian

Spanish

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS for Driver Release 270.00.00f06

Model identifier should be MacPro3,1 (2008), MacPro4,1 (2009), MacPro5,1 (2010) or later

Mac OS X v10.7.4

To download and install the drivers, follow the steps below:

STEP 1: Make sure your Mac OS X software version is 10.7.4. It is important that you check this first before you install the 270.00.00f06 Driver. Click on the Apple icon (upper left corner of the screen) and select About This Mac.

STEP 2: In the About This Mac window, click on the Software Update button

STEP 3: Continue to install software updates until your system OS is reported to be 10.7.4

STEP 6: Install After downloading the disk image, it should automatically mount and launch the installer. If it does not, double-click on the disk image and again on the driver package within. It will guide you through the installation process. Click Continue after you read the License Agreement and then click Agree

STEP 7: Click Install on the Standard Installer screen. You will be required to enter an Administrator password to continue

STEP 8: Click Continue Installation on the Warning screen:The Warning screen lets you know that you will need to restart your system once the installation process is complete.

STEP 1: During the installation process, a backup archive of your current drivers will be created. If for any reason you need to uninstall the 270.00.00f06 driver, the “NVIDIA Driver Restore.mpkg” is located in /Library/Application Support/NVIDIA.

IMPORTANT: Do not move this package from its default location. Doing so will invalidate the uninstall/restore process. Also, this process is only valid with Mac OS X v10.7.4. Installing any newer version of the OS over this driver will also invalidate the uninstall/restore process.

STEP 2: After locating the NVIDIA Driver Restore.mpkg archive, double-click on the package. You will be guided through the driver restoration process. Click Continue after you read the Welcome screen.

STEP 3: Click Install on the Standard Installer screen. You will be required to enter an Administrator password to continue.

STEP 4: Click Continue Installation on the Warning screen: The Warning screen lets you know that you will need to restart your system once the installation process is complete.